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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Mali to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to understand these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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