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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better grasp these promising new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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