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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in online learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

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