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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take 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 massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always 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 subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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