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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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