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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning enable humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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