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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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