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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education make it possible for humans all over the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

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