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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have enabled students all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Turkmenistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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