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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

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