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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning technology have enabled people all around 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. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

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