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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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