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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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