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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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