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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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