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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses online. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These massive open online courses are almost always free 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 numerous issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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