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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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