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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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