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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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