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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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