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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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