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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Students want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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