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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free 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 numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Swaziland to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to understand these interesting new open education ventures. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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