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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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