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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online education technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Renton Technical College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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