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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

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