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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can educators manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

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