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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like The Bahamas to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

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