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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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