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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in elearning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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