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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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