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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Colombia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the major 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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