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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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