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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

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