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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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