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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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