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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online 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 institutions like Renton Technical College to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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