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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning enable people in every nation on earth 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 usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Belize to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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