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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses 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. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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