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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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