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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education are empowering learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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