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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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