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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in online education are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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