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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in online courses. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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