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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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