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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Finland to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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