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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in digital education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. 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 MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Swaziland to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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