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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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