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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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