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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in technology-enhanced learning enable students all around the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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