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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in online education have made it possible for humans all over the world to take 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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