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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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