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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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