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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are usually free for students 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. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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