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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

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