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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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