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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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