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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online learning are providing the means for humans all over 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. MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

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