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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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