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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students 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 numerous topics that online education organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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