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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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