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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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