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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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