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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education have provided the means for humans all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these massive open online courses? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these compelling new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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