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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning have made it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students 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 many subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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