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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

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