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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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