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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology enable humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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