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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are almost always 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 issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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