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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free 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 several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Zambia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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