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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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