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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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