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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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