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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

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