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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Renton Technical College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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