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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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