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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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