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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Indonesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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