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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are empowering people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to be more aware of these significant new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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