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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning enable humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Marshall Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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