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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

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