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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in elearning technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students 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 many subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

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