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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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