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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online education are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Cayman Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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