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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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