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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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