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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Renton Technical College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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