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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in e-learning enable humans all over the world to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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