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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open education ventures. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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