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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning enable humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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