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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Vietnam to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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