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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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