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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning enable humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always 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 a lot of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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