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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Renton Technical College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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