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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free for students 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 quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Swaziland to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational ventures. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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