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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning are empowering humans all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Renton Technical College to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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