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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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