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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

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