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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bolivia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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