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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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