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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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