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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Renton Technical College to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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