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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free 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 institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Cape Verde to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

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