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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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