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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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