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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning have empowered students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are considering today because learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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