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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily 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 several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

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