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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high attrition?

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