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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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