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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

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