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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to take part in courses online. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better understand these open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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