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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving 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 teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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