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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning enable learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. 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 massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also addresses 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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