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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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