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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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