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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses 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 a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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