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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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