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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also examines the most important 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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