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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Liechtenstein to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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