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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in elearning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open education initiatives. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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