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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free 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 topics that learning technology organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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