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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Turkmenistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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