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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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