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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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