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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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