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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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