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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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