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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education have provided the means for people 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. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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