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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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