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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Lucia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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