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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education are enabling humans all over the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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