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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Morocco to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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