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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in 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. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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