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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in online education technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in online courses. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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