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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many subjects that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

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