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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology make it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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