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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with 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. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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