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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning are providing the means for students all around the world to take online classes. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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