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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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