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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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