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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning make it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These massive open courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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