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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning enable humans all around the world to take part in courses online. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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