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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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