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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

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