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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. 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 massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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