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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in digital education technology enable students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like San Marino to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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