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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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