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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

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