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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in digital education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically 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 a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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