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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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