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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in elearning are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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