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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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