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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning enable people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

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