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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Argentina to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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