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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are customarily free for students 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 quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Guadeloupe to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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