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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in elearning are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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