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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

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