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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

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