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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in online education are enabling students all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

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