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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Marshall Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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