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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better understand these promising new open education ventures. Trainers want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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