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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ghana to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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