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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education are empowering humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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