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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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