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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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