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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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