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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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