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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in digital education technology have enabled learners all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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