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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

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