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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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