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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily 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 topics that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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