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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Seychelles to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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