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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology make it possible for students all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Hong Kong to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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