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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are considering now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Clemson University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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