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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online learning are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Ossetia to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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