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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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