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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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