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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in elearning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Renton Technical College to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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