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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in elearning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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