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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These massive online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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