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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have empowered students all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly 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 a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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