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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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