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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in online education technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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