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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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