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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to massive open online courses (MOOC) and open education resources (OER). There are many significant new elearning technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching. Massively open online courses (MOOCs) and similar undertakings with open education resources (OERs) are allowing millions of self-directed online learners in nations all over the world to learn from well-known corporate trainers. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other kinds of online communities. It can be challenging to motivate students in online environments. The open education resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOC courses. How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high student attrition? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? What different business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct MOOCs?

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