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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled learners all around the world to participate in online classes. 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 MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open education ventures. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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