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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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