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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high attrition?

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