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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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