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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily 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 topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

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