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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are normally free but do not 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 many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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