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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

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