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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mongolia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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