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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free 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 numerous issues that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Gabon to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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