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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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