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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massive open courses 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 subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

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