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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning are enabling students all over the world to participate in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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