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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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