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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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