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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently 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 lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tanzania to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better perceive these fascinating new open education initiatives. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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