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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Belize to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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