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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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