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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are considering today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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