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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to understand these significant new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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