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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Tokelau to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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