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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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