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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open education ventures. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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