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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free 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 a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

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