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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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