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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? 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 organizations like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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