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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

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