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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. People want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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