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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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