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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology enable people all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high attrition?

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