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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are 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 a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Philippines to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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