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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

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