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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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