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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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