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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in elearning have enabled humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free 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 subjects that online learning institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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