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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in digital education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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