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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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