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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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