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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students 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 lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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