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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic education technology enable students all over the world to take part in online courses. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These massive open courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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