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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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