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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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