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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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