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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

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