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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education are enabling humans all around the world to participate in online courses. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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