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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning enable students all around the world to participate in courses online. 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. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Martin to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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