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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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