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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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