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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Grenada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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