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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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