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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Renton Technical College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. People want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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