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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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