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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take online classes. 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 massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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