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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ghana to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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