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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Renton Technical College to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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