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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic educational technology enable learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Algeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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