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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free 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 several issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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