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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic educational technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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