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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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