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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free but do not 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 numerous subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

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