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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education enable students all over the world to take online classes. MOOC 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 numerous subjects that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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