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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

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