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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Renton Technical College to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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