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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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