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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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