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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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