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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology enable students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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