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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Renton Technical College to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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