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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

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