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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like El Salvador to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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