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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning make it possible for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners 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 learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mayotte to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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