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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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