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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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