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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are considering today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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