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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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