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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

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