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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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