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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free 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 a variety of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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