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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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