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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly 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 a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johnston Atoll to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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