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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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