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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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