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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning have enabled humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

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