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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high attrition?

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