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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

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