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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Philippines to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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