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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students 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 numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

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