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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are almost always 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 many topics that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

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