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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 many topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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