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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs 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 several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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