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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily 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 several subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Benin to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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