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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning enable people all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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