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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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