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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high attrition?

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