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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily 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 a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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