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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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