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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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