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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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