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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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