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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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