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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Iraq to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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