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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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