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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Vatican City to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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