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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ball State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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