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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for students 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 numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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