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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in online education are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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