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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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