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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cyprus to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

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