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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology enable humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

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