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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology are empowering students all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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