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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

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