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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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