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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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