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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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