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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Renton Technical College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major 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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