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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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