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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in elearning are enabling students all over the world to take part in online courses. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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