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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not always 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 topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

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