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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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