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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily 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 quite a few issues that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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