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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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