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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Belize to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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