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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning are empowering learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are 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 subjects that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Kitts and Nevis to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

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