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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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