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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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