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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online education enable students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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