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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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