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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in elearning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly 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 technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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