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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in blended learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. 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 issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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