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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology have empowered humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. 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. MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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