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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are free for students but do not 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 several issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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