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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOC 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 a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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