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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open education ventures. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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