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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently 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 topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? 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 organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education initiatives. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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