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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational ventures. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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