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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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