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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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