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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning make it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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