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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not 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. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational ventures. Educators want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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