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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 blended learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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