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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners 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 topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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