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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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