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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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