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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning have empowered students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free 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 quite a few topics that online education organizations are considering now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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