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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are free for students 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 e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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