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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to take online classes. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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