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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The Bahamas to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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