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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning enable people all over the world to participate in classes online. 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 always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kazakhstan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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