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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Renton Technical College to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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