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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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