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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning technology have enabled students in all parts of 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 online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Vietnam to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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