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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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