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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning enable learners all over the world to take part in online courses. 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. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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