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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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