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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ghana to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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