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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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