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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners 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 quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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