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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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