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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also examines the most important 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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