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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in digital education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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