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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education have enabled students 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 massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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