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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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