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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in elearning technology have enabled students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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