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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students 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 many issues that online education institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

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