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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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