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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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