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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology are empowering people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Renton Technical College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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