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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in online education are making it possible for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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