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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always 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 issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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