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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open educational undertakings. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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