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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The Bahamas to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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