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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online courses. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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