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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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