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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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