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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are considering now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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