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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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