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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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