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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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