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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning make it possible for learners all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students 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 many issues that online learning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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