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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students 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 numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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