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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Utah Valley University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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