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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Renton Technical College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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