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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tanzania to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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