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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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