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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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