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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

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