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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in digital education technology are enabling students all over the world to take part 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. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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