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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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