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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology enable people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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