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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily 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 numerous topics that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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