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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are generally 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 a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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