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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free 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 a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

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