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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning have empowered students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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