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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in digital education technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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