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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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