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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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