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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kingman Reef to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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