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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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