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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning have enabled students all around the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational ventures. Educators want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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