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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources