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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education enable people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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