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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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