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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily 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 elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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