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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also deals with the most important 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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