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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in elearning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students 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 several topics that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

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