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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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