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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in elearning are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Hungary to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment 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 participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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