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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about 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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