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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners 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 several issues that online learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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