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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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