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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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