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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

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