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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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