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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic education technology have empowered humans all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners 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 e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Turkmenistan to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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