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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take online classes. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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