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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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