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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

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