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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not 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 subjects that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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