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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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