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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology enable learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

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