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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

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