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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. 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. MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open education endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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