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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these open educational ventures. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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