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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning make it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Swaziland to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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