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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. 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 MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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