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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are free for learners 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 e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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