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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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