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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online learning enable students all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Renton Technical College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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