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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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