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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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