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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

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