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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning have enabled students all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are normally 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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