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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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