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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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