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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in elearning are enabling students all around the world to participate in classes online. 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 numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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