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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online learning institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better grasp these new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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