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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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