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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning have empowered students all over the world to take part in online classes. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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