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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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