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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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