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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online classes. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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