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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in elearning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that elearning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Renton Technical College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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