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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are considering today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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