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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better understand these new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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