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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to take online classes. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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