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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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