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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily 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 several topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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