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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are normally 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 lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these massive open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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