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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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