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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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