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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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