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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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