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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in digital education technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for learners 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 a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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