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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically 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 several issues that blended learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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