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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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