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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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