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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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