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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning have empowered learners all over 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 mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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