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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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