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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for students 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 subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

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