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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students 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 a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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