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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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