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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning enable humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these MOOC classes? 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 we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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