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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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