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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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