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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology enable humans all around the world to take online classes. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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