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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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