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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to be more aware of these important new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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