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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology enable people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Open Educational Resources (OER)