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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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