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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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