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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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