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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in elearning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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