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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in learning technology enable learners all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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