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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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