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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Afghanistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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