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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically 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 quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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