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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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