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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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