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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Libya to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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