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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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