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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

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