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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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