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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

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