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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly 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 several issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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