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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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