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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology enable students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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