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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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