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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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