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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in e-learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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