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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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