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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly 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 quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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