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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes online. 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. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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