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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology are enabling humans all over the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

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