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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education are enabling students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free 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 learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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