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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are 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 issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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