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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

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