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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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