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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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