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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology enable humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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