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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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