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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always 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 distance learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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