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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Turkmenistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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