New forms of formal and informal e-learning are proliferating. There is an increasing need to understand how different regions of the world are implementing massive open online courses and other forms of open educational resources. Numerous stakeholders including educators, researchers, and learners want to better grasp what are the outcomes of these digital learning initiatives. What are the key issues to address? How can MOOC courses be improved? What are the outcomes of these new online learning initiatives? What are the delivery technologies which are being used to deliver these MOOCs? What are the different assessment schemes that educators are using for evaluation? What are organizations like Udemy, edX, Coursera, and Udacity using for MOOC business models? What are the controversies that should be discussed for these MOOCs to move foward? What are the interaction possibilities for students and instructors? MOOCs and Open Education documents implementations of MOOCs and open education resources across regions and nations all around the world. The findings not only capture the motivational variables involved in informal and self-directed learning experiences, but also provide a set of stories that might inspire others into MOOCs, open education, and other areas of open learning. To effectively navigate through this sea of elearning information and hype, an understanding of the current state and the future directions of massive open online courses is warranted. This MOOCs book focuses on the various opportunities and potential dilemmas presented by massive open online courses. This important new edited collection explores massive open online courses and open education issues. The MOOC book also shares key research findings, and provides suggestions and practical recommendations for the future. If you would like more information about this new MOOC book please see MOOCs and Open Education.

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