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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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