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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

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