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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in digital education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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