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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses online. 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online education organizations have to consider today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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