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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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