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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education are empowering people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not 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 numerous subjects that online education institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Moldova to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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