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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in learning technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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