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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. 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. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these massive open online courses? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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