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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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