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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently 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 learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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