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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education are empowering people all around the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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