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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning technology are empowering students all around the world to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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