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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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