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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning have enabled humans all over the world to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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