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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Malta to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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