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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not 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 topics that online learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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