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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in elearning enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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