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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning have empowered humans all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free 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 a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Libya to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

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