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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

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