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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that online learning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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