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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Uganda to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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