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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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