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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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