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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

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